Obituaries

Apr 21, 2025

Jon Patrick Harrold, the son of Clement and Alice (Williams) Harrold was born February 26, 1940 in Sioux Rapids, IA. His childhood years were spent in Spencer, IA, where he attended school and graduated from Spencer High School in 1958. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in September of 1958 and after bootcamp, he was stationed in Pensacola, FL where...

Jul 16, 2025

Velma Fern Boonstra, the daughter of Cornelius and Ann (Mouw) VanDriel was born May 2, 1928 in Orange City, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Orange City where she attended school and graduated from Orange City High School in 1945. She then attended Northwester Jr. College and graduated with a teaching degree in 1947.

Velma married Norman Boonstra on July...

Jul 14, 2025

William Charles Burgeson, the son of Charles Edward and Velma Marie Shultz Burgeson, was born May 8, 1944, in Spencer, IA. Bill received his education in Royal and graduated from Royal High School in 1962.

Bill married Carol Lyster on July 26, 1969 in Linn Grove, IA. As newlyweds, they lived in a farmhouse just down the road from where Bill...

Jul 11, 2025

   Lois Charlene Fairchild, the daughter of Carl and Hulda (Dahlberg) Wessman, was born on March 11, 1930, in Marathon, Iowa. She was raised and received her education in Marathon, graduating from Marathon High School.

   On June 18, 1947, she married Roger Fairchild in Jackson, MN. Following their marriage, the couple lived in the Marathon and Sioux Rapids area for...

Jul 9, 2025

Beverly Joy (Donaldson) Bovee was born to Floyd and Mayda (Hoppe) Donaldson at a farm east of Webb, Iowa on January 18th, 1931. She started school at Garfield, a country school near their farm. When she was in the first grade, they moved to a farm south of Webb and she finished the first grade in Webb. In the second...

Jul 4, 2025

Patricia (Patti) Ann Scott was born to Larry and Betty (Fear) Walton on February 26, 1966 in Hartley, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Everly, where she attended Everly Community School and graduated in 1984. In the fall of 1984 she attended NIACC in Mason City, IA and graduated May 10th 1985 with an accounting clerk degree.

On December 7,...

Jul 3, 2025

Maureen Kadous, aged 84, passed away peacefully on July 3, 2025 in San Antonio, TX.

   She was born November 27, 1940, in Emmetsburg, IA to James and Nora (Nolan) Brennan, the 2nd of 6 children.

   After graduating high school in 1958, Maureen attended Emmetsburg Junior College before moving on to the University of Iowa, where she obtained her teaching certificate....

Jun 30, 2025

Steven DeGangi, the son of Dominick A. DeGangi and Lucile M. DeGangi, was born May 1, 1955 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In early childhood years his family resided among Philadelphia, PA; Baltimore, MD; and Cleveland, OH. About 1968 the family relocated to Hollywood, FL where Steven attended high school. He graduated from McArthur High School in 1974. He also graduated from...

Jun 25, 2025

Jack passed away peacefully at Spencer hospital in his sleep on June 25, 2025 after years of battling cancer. He was known for his kindness to others and great sense of humor.

He was a beloved husband. He married Mary Mondt Schomaker on June 8, 1991. He had a very special relationship with her son Michael (Casey)Jones and Casey's daughters Kayla...

Jun 23, 2025

Sarah Machholz, 88, of Spencer, formerly of Muscatine, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 23, 2025 at Spencer Hospital. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, July 2, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Snyder & Hollenbaugh Funeral and Cremation Services of Wapello. Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, July 2, 2025 at 1:30p.m. at Wapello Cemetery....

Jun 23, 2025

Bert Nystrom was born in a small town south of Stockholm Sweden in 1929. He often skied or biked to school, graduating the 8th grade, and going to work in a saw mill, and working as a farm hand.

In 1949, when he was 20 years old, and his sister Ingrid was just 14, the family emigrated to the US, and...

Jun 22, 2025

Marilyn Beck passed away peacefully on June 22, 2025 in Spencer, Iowa. She was born on July 1, 1936 in Milford, IA to Wilbur and Augusta Leitch. Growing up as the eldest of three children on her parent’s farm east of Milford, Marilyn was no stranger to hard work. She was named valedictorian of her Arnolds Park High School class...

Jun 21, 2025

Curtis Ray Jones was born on April 1, 1946 to Clyde F. Jones and I. Lucille Lawrence Jones of Milford.

He spent his school years first at Cornell and then at Greenville-Rossie, graduating in 1964. Following that, he spent 6 months training in the National Guard, and served 3 years while attending Iowa State University. He studied dairy science and agronomy...

Jun 20, 2025

Jun 11, 2025

Nathan Paul was born on June 2, 1989 in Spencer, IA. He and his mother, Tonya spent his early years living in Storm Lake, later relocating to Sioux Rapids, IA. Sioux Rapids became home to Nate, where many lifelong friendships were built, and where Nate was lovingly adopted by Michael Cowell following marriage to his mother. Nate graduated from Sioux...

Jun 10, 2025

Ellen Carol Geerdes 93, passed away on June 10, 2025. Ellen was born in Sheldon, Iowa on December 14, 1931 to Carl and Jacoba (Eerkes) Hirt. She attended elementary and junior high at multiple schools in Iowa, Washington and California, and graduated in 1950 from Lake Center School near Terril, Iowa. On August 5, 1951, she married Edwin Theodore Geerdes....

Jun 8, 2025

   Gilbert Alonzo Scribner, Jr., was born on January 4, 1932 in Des Moines, Iowa to Gilbert A. Scribner, Sr. and Mary (Adams) Scribner. He spent most of his formative years in Des Moines, but graduated from Lloyd Township Consolidated School in Terril, Iowa.

   Upon graduation, he enlisted into the Army in 1951, where he served two years in the...

Jun 8, 2025

Timothy Robert Small was born on March 15, 1966, in Fairmont, MN. In September of 1973, his family moved to Spencer, IA, where Tim attended the old Lincoln Elementary School.

Tim was active in Cub Scouts. He especially enjoyed the Pinewood Derby Races held every year. As he aged into Boy Scouts, Tim really enjoyed Camp Outs with other Scout Troops...

Jun 6, 2025

Jean Ann Kracht, the daughter of George C. and Lulu (Tigges) Kracht was born on the family farm south of Peterson, on July 26, 1931. She was the sixth of ten children. She grew up on the family farm where they became a very close-knit family. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s United Church of Christ. She graduated...

Jun 2, 2025

Donald Dell Tibbetts, 87, of Peterson, Iowa, passed away on June 2, 2025, after a 15-month battle with cancer and a tired heart.

Donnie was born on August 31st to Mabel Fields Tibbetts and Del Kinyon Tibbetts at his family home in Peterson, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at the Congregational Church in Peterson. Donnie attended Peterson School from kindergarten...